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The Boys Season 3 |OT| Herogasmic

wollywinka

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Paganmoon said:
I don't think their plans are to debuff Homelander or any supe for that matter, and then be done with it. Butcher wants all supes dead, so it's debuff->kill, so unless the permanent V is on like an insulin pump or something, I wouldn't say it's less impactful really.
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I see you point, but still, in Homelander's case, nothing would be more entertaining than watching him navigate his existence without superhuman powers. For him, it would be a fate worse than death. I'd prefer it if a supe taking permanent V to regain their powers ran the risk of death or getting a different superpower, like people taking V for the first time.
 
Paganmoon

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wollywinka said:
I see you point, but still, in Homelander's case, nothing would be more entertaining than watching him navigate his existence without superhuman powers. For him, it would be a fate worse than death. I'd prefer it if a supe taking permanent V to regain their powers ran the risk of death or getting a different superpower, like people taking V for the first time.
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ahh, true, it would be fun to see Homelander trying to navigate the world without powers and failing immensely, very cathartic.
 
Volimar

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The look on Homelander's face when Hughie got a shot in on him during the big fight.
 
LinkStrikesBack

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The amount of collateral damage he tends to cause and the way vought pays people off, if Homelander gets depowered, realistically even if Butcher left him alive, *someone* would kill him for revenge within a month, if that long, if it ever got out.
 
Volimar

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LinkStrikesBack said:
The amount of collateral damage he tends to cause and the way vought pays people off, if Homelander gets depowered, realistically even if Butcher left him alive, *someone* would kill him for revenge within a month, if that long, if it ever got out.
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Even depowered, I bet you get your name in the history books as the one that killed Homelander.
 
shintoki

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So on episode 5 now, every time I start to feel a bit of sympathy towards Deep and A Train. They both fuck it up 15 minutes later. I'm happy with the consistency.
 
Razmos

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I thought the conversation been Kimiko and Frenchie about her being able to properly feel his arms was super interesting. Super Strength is one of the most common and least interesting abilities and that whole aspect was something I never considered
 
Sqrt

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I love the deconstruction of Black Noir. At the beginning, he gave the aura of the strong, silent type. Not giving fucks, always cool and collected. He avoided the intrigues, squabbles and pettiness of the other heroes, he was above all that. He got a considerable fan base based on that, the Bobafett effect.

But in reality, he's literally brain damaged and has the mind of a child. He has no agency of his own.

Genius IMHO.
 
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SofNascimento

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Sqrt said:
I love the deconstruction of Black Noir. At the beginning, he gave the aura of the strong, silent type. Not giving fucks, always cool and collected. He avoided the intrigues, squabbles and pettiness of the other heroes, he was above all that. He got a considerable fan base based on that, the Bobafett effect.

But in reality, he's literally brain damaged and has the mind of a child. He has no agency of his own.

Genius IMHO.
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I like this. I also like you.
 
Dio

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Sqrt said:
I love the deconstruction of Black Noir. At the beginning, he gave the aura of the strong, silent type. Not giving fucks, always cool and collected. He avoided the intrigues, squabbles and pettiness of the other heroes, he was above all that. He got a considerable fan base based on that, the Bobafett effect.

But in reality, he's literally brain damaged and has the mind of a child. He has no agency of his own.

Genius IMHO.
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See, I was a bit confused by that. I didn't discard the idea of him being brain-damaged, but one of the things the characters said, was that they helped him when he was young...as if they existed prior to the accident itself.
 
Rellyrell28

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Well looks like we're in the back half of the stretches of these finales. Two weeks ago we had Obi-Wan's finale then last week we have Stranger Things and this week it's The Boys then next week it's Ms. Marvel
 

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I hope the supe with the massive python dong got killed so we never have to see him again
 
Jag

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What a fantastic season. Went from just liking it to actually looking forward to this show.
 
Juryvicious

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That final trailer did nothing for me. Hughie wanting to save especially those not even worth saying, the dude is all over the place this season.

I understand that is his purpose, ei character growth, yet him saying as much leaves my head shaking no, there are absolutely some people not worth saving.

We shall see how this ends soon, hope they nail the landing.
 
Lulu

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I want the next season to have Sayian stand-ins show up.
 
SilentMike03

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There's a lot of examining fatherhood on this show, so Butcher finding out he's going to be a dad for a supe kid is something I would expect them to do.
 
Gorillaz

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Man look

I just became a Jensen Stan after missing out on the cult following for a decade don't do this to me Kripke, let the asshole of a homie live.
 
Aske

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Oct 25, 2017
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Where do we fall on Deep's psychic sealife connection?

On the one hand, a bunch of supes experience psychosis, likely as a side effect of Compound V. And Deep attributes human emotions and human names to sea creatures that they would not have; and it seems selective (why save one lobster and not all of them?).

On the other, we've seen him controlling a whale in what was definitely the show's reality, and possibly utilizing his connection to fish to find the needle in the haystack that was the cellphone on the crashed plane.

I honestly don't know. The behaviour and names could be his "translation" of animal impulses. If his brain somehow augments the psychic connection in a way he can relate to. It's much funnier if he does talk to fish (and sea mammals) for the Aquaman spoof. But also, it really, really feels like more glorious breaks with reality.
 
Zeliard

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Aske said:
Where do we fall on Deep's psychic sealife connection?

On the one hand, a bunch of supes experience psychosis, likely as a side effect of Compound V. And Deep attributes human emotions and human names to sea creatures that they would not have; and it seems selective (why save one lobster and not all of them?).

On the other, we've seen him controlling a whale in what was definitely the show's reality, and possibly utilizing his connection to fish to find the needle in the haystack that was the cellphone on the crashed plane.

I honestly don't know. The behaviour and names could be his "translation" of animal impulses. If his brain somehow augments the psychic connection in a way he can relate to. It's much funnier if he does talk to fish (and sea mammals) for the Aquaman spoof. But also, it really, really feels like more glorious breaks with reality.
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Nah I think Deep legit talks to them all and they all have enough cognition to have a full-on conversation with him. When he communicates with the lobster who then promptly has his brain caved in - a horrific scene for the viewer who loves seafood - they were really communicating.

This is also why the octopus love is totally consensual, as opposed to his interactions with humans.
 
Judau

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I forgot...do they ever explain why most of The Seven are pretty much always in costume? Black Noir is self-explanatory once you know his story, but what about everyone else?
 

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josh924 said:
I forgot...do they ever explain why most of The Seven are pretty much always in costume? Black Noir is self-explanatory once you know his story, but what about everyone else?
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They don't really say but it's largely keeping up appearances and also serves as a double meaning when you realize which people you always see in costume and which ones you don't.

Maeve and Starlight for example, because they both become disillusioned with the reality behind the charade

They also live at the towers so it's assumed that they're pretty much "on" all the time in their roles.
 
Judau

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Zeliard said:
For most of them but I choose to believe Homelander is always wearing his suit cause he feels emotionally naked without it.
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In the clip you posted above, Deep is wearing a trench coat over his costume, which, okay whatever. But then he still has the gloves on! Then again, he's a joke character, but I mean realistically, I would think that he would at least take off the gloves.
 
Ra

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Dio said:
See, I was a bit confused by that. I didn't discard the idea of him being brain-damaged, but one of the things the characters said, was that they helped him when he was young...as if they existed prior to the accident itself.
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Yeah based on the erection comment he has always been a nut pretending to have it together.
 
BossAttack

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DrEvil said:
Contractually obligated, probably.
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This plus we see that supes are all narcists and so why wouldn't they wear the thing that gets everyone to recognize and worship them 24-7.

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Yeah based on the erection comment he has always been a nut pretending to b sane.
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I don't see how that comment makes him insane.
He got an erection in class like most kids do and was embarrassed. I don't think he was always insane. These were just childhood fantasy friends that became "real" when his bran got caved in.
 
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